Wrapped in Bronze-anodised Aluminium
In my previous wander around St James I spotted a metal clad building. I’ve taken some photos and found a few details. 66 St James’s Street was designed by Rodney Gordon of Tripos Architects in 1979-82. The building was commissioned
Posted in: Uncategorised
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: anodising, architecture
Curious Pursuits
Some pictures of the opening night of Porter & Jenkinson‘s Curious Pursuits at the Portico Library and Gallery can be seen over on the Flea Circus Research Library Blog.
Posted in: Flea Chariot
Tags: art exhibition, manchester
Boxing the flea chariot
The flea chariot is off for a month in an art gallery up in Manchester so I wanted to ensure it would survive the journey up there and back. I already had a wooden box in the style of a
Posted in: Flea Chariot
Tags: box, flea chariot, foam
The Manufacturing Rotary Table ‘vs’ Their Shed Based Cousins
Thanks to Martin Power and Robert from Kitagawa Europe, I have another guest blog. Robert looks at rotary tables and how the small manual rotary table you might have for your drill press or milling table compairs with it’s bigger
Posted in: Guest, Work Holding
Tags: rotary table, Sponsored
What to Look for in a CAD System
When you are just making stuff for yourself it’s fine to just sketch things out on a pad and make them. However, if you are working with others it is good to have proper drawings that you can share and
Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam
I received Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam as a Christmas present, it’s a follow on from the previous magbook “Fred Dibah, The Early Years”. The Mag Book is a curious format, it’s basically a magazine sized book with a thicker
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews, Steam
Tags: fred dibnah, steam roller, steeplejack
Review of the year 2011
Due to other commitments, I’ve not had as much time in the workshop this year as previous years. However I did complete a couple of projects, in February, I got the magnifiying glass out and assembled a surface mounted tachometer
Posted in: Yearly Review
Tags: 2011
Shed loads of storage
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been sorting through some boxes of decorating kit and the “paint store” chucking out all the old and broken stuff and quarter cans of paint that had turned to jelly. I’ve managed to free
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
